John Marshall
John belongs to: Souter Lighthouse
John was born in South Shields. He is the fifth generation of Tyne pilots in his family.
John was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 12 April 2006. The interview took place at Discovery Museum and lasted 28 minutes and 26 seconds.
Photograph of John Marshall on the pilot cutter
Climbing the pilot ladder
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"Yes, the maximum that you are legally permitted to climb is nine metres"
Yes, the maximum that you are legally permitted to climb is nine metres. Now, if you get a ship that is higher than nine metres, then what the ship does, is put a gangway down the side of the ship, part of the way and then a pilot ladder from the, from the sea level up to the gangway, so that you don’t climb anymore than nine metres. But you can have climbs of 20, 25 metres on, on very big ships.
John has 24 memories in the memorynet:
Growing up in a family of pilots- Pilot apprenticeship
- Sea time
- Routines and changes
- Role of the pilot
- The pilot cutter
- Boarding the ship
- Climbing the pilot ladder
- The pilot uniform
- Relationship between pilots and masters
- The Bonga
- The future for piloting on the Tyne
The Tertia- The pilot ladder
- Pilots and cobles
- Car carriers
- Boarding a ship by helicopter
- Master's Certificate
- Pilot's certificates
- The Bonga
- The pilot ladder
- John's father
- Pilot's Handbook
- Pilot's notebook
This memory has these themes:
Safety
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